Arthur edmund gorse



(No Model.)

A. E. SB.

INKS

No. 425,780. Patented Apr. 15, 1890.,

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PATENT OFFICE.

STAFFORD,

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,780, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed February 10, 1890.

Serial No. 339,932. (No model.) Patented in England November 1, 1886, No. 14,013; in

Germany April 17, 1887, No. 41,309, and in France April 19, 1887, No. 182,961.

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR EDMUND GORSE, machinist, of 71 New Street, West Bromwich, in the county of Stafford, England, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Inkstand, (patents for which have been granted in the following countries: Great Britain, November 1,1886, No.1l,013; Germany,-April 17, 1887, No. 41,309; France, April 19,1887, No.182,961,) of which the following is a specification.

An arrangement of the lids or covers of inkstands to work by levers or other mechanical movement, so that one lid or cover only can be uncovered or open at one and the same time, thereby making it impossible to dip the pen in any well except the one in use, and an arrangement of levers to enable all or any of the lids or covers to be uncovered or open together. The elbow or other levers for operating the covers are by preference pivoted to a fixed eye inside the stand-frame, with a finger-piece projecting, by which each cover is operated. The upper end of the elbow-lever then carries a connecting-rod to another elbow-lever hung at the back of the lid, the end being attached to the lid, so that when the finger-piece is pressed down the lid belonging thereto opens. Now each back elbow-lever is attached to a cord or chain running along the back of the stand, by preference under the frame and'inside thereof, and suflicient slack only is allowed to permit one lid to open at one time. Should it, however, be absolutely necessary to have two or more open at once, more slack may be given to the cord or chain by a thumb-screw or other equivalent liberation to allow this, and the thumb-screw also allows any stretching or wear to be taken up.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into prac tice, I have appended hereunto a sheet of that the design and details thereof may be greatly varied.

Figure 1 is a section through the inkstand Z on line A B, showing the ink-pot closed. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan showing the ink-pot lids O and D down and E up and the various levers inside. Fig. 3 is a section on line H J, showing one ink-pot open.

The lids O D E of the inkpots X are hinged at k to the stand Z. Attached to these lids are the elbow-levers K, through the eyelet end of which, at k, the cord L is threaded, which also passes through the small eyelets l, which are fixed to the inside of the stand Z. The cord L is sufliciently slack to allow one of the crank-levers K to be forward, so that the lid may be open, as shown by Fig. 3. These elbow or crank levers K are connected with other elbow or crank levers M, which are mounted at m by the rods N, the arms m of the cranks projecting through the slot 2' in the stand, and ornamented at their ends m to form finger-keys, by the depression of which any lid maybe opened. This opening action tightens that portion of the cord passing through the levers of the remaining lids and closes them, as shown in Fig. 1. By the adjustable screw P the cord L may be slackened or tightened, so as to keep all lids closed or allow any or all to be opened at the same time or to compensate the stretch.

The inkstands admit of being made in al most any external design and material.

What I then claim is 1. A series of ink wells having their covers mounted on levers, in combination with an operating-cord for said levers, and an adj usting device for regulating the slack of said cord, in order that one ink-well or more than one, as preferred, may be uncovered by pulling said cord, substantially as set forth.

, 2. A series of ink-wells and their covers, in combination with levers on which said covers are mounted, a cord connecting said levers and arranged for closing one or more of said covers by pulling on said cord, and a series of keys and levers communicating with the levers which support said cover, in order that the operation of any key may turn back the 1o porting levers, and provided outside of said case with keys which are allowed to protrude by said openings, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR EDMUND 'GORSE.

Witnesses:

LEWIS WM. GooLD, GEORGE PRICE. 

